The Locus Awards 2012

20Jun

The fight for The Hugo Award 2012 heats up with the announcement of The Locus Awards. China Mieville has been awarded best science fiction novel for Embassytown and George R.R. Martin got the award for the best fantasy novel for A Dance with Dragons, both books that are nominated for this year’s Hugo.

This is the sixth award for China Mieville at the Locus Awards and an astounding eleventh for George R.R. Martin. The Locus has tended to follow the Hugo Awards for best science fiction awards, including last year’s winner Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis, but has gone off on its own in the fantasy section where for the last two years it has favoured (you guessed it) China Mieville.

My money is still on Embassytown at the moment, but the shock of Jane Rogers beating Mieville to the Arthur C Clarke Award we could be in for an upset…